SIX Lions Romp Over W&. J, 66-41 JVs Nip Freshman Courtmen, 43-42 Amelia's 18 Leads State In Opener By dick mcdowell An air-tight pressing zone defense and a fast moving of fense, gave Elmer Gross’ cag ers. their first win of the 1953- 54 basketball season Saturday night when they whipped Washington and Jefferson, 66- 41, on the Rec Hall boards. Led by towering Jesse Arnelle, Captain Jack Sherry, Ed Haag, and Ron Weidenhammer, the Lions easily captured their open ing contest against the Presidents. Arnelle, displaying a variety of hook, jump, and driving lay-up shots, tallied 18 points, Haag scored 11, and Weidenhammer and Sherry each recorded 10 markers. But the biggest factor was the Lions’ superb defensive play. The Presidents, who had scored 81 points against St. Vincent earlier in the week, could collect only nine field goals, against the im penetrable Lion screen. However, they picked up 23 points from the foul line in 39 free throw at tempts. Take Early Control From the beginning the Lions scored almost at will although their offense did seem a little rough at times, .a normal expec tancy in 'any opening contest. With !Haag and Weidenhammer providing superior floor work and Sherry and Arnelle controlling the bankboards, State, took the lead early in the game. The Lions opened the scoring with Rudy Marisa’s foul point and steadily widened the gap, as everybody took turns at the bas ket. The Presidents scored their first five points from the foul line and tallied their only field goal of the first period when for ward George Kushner cut the nets with a one-hand push shot. How ever, with Arnelle hitting from the pivot and Weidenhammer from outside State had piled up a 10 point lead, 20-10, at the end of the quarter. Widen Gap They widened the gap to 42-22 in the second frame when Sherry and Haag took over the scoring chores. Both men kept the W and J nets hot with accurate jump shots from around the key-hole. The scoring tempo died tempor arily in the third-period, and again Gross’ aggressive sliding zone de fense, held the visitors to only one field goal. The Nittanies tallied *l2 more themselves and held a 54-27 lead at the three-quarter mark. Gross substituted freely throughout the contest and used, his reserves almost completely in the final quarter. Dave Edwards and sophomores Chuck Christian son, Bob Hoffman, and Earl Fields kept the Lions’ relentless attack on the move. The Presidents had their best quarter here, scoring 14 points. Speedy guard Tony De Celleo and Kushner paced the Presidents but they- could narrow the gap by only two points. Kushner was the top scorer for the W and J quintet, hitting on three field goal attempts and six charity shots for 12 points. In winning their first game, the (Continued oh -page seven) >. ist - College,Diner . * ' ■“ P t. Freez&r-Fresh Ice Crewm£\'* Good Food eS * Y * Ji v v B.etwe’en JTh“d Movies- < - > THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Nine Ring Decisions Highlight IM Boxing There was nothing sneaky last night, a night commemorating the Pearl Harbor attack on December 7, ’4l, as nine boxers punched their way further along into Intramural competition. Seven other pugilists advanced by way of forfeits. The ninth bout. of- the evening, and by far the closest, found Mike Cramer, Zeta Beta Tau, take a hard-earned, split-decision from Bill Frengel, Lambda Chi Alpha. The match was fought in the 155-pound class. Both boys opened up, swinging hard and accurately, early in the first round. Frengel, who packs a thunderous wallop for a man his weight, had the better of sec ond stanza, scoring with hard rights to the head. Cramer came on strongly in the finale and took the decision. This was Cramer’s second win in the tournament. In the only independent match, two 145-pounders, Ron Smith and James Sponsler, fought three ac tion-packed rounds before Smith was awarded the decision. Both were sharp punchers but lacked the power to put the other “away.” Smith’s footwork gave him an ad vantage as he evaded many of Sponsler’s punches. Ed Suley, Sigma Pi, played the reverse roll of a Goliath, as he struck repeatedly and accurately at Tom Falkie, Sigma Phi Sigma. Falkie kept charging in but couldn’t deflect Suley jabs. Suley coasted the final stanza and took the decision. The third bout of the evening, a heavyweight match, was a well ejirned decision for Glenn “Moose” Gross, Lambda Chi Alpha, over Rus Miller, Delta Upsilon. Gross had Miller staggered against the ropes in. the second session but the DU refused to go down. Miller fought back in the final round but couldn’t overtake mous. In another heavyweight match, something from your jeweler's is always something special RONSON % 31 ,i o |,,ers 1 £sSf fe SCSO and wk only » up mSfc MOYER WATCH ; SHOP I 2lB E. College Frank Tussey, Phi Gamma Delta, decisioned Ray Graham, Phi Kap pa Sigma. Tussey landed a few solid right punches, otherwise the bout was fairly even. Both figh ers tired as the fight came to an end. Willard Snell, Sigma Nu, had a hard time with Bill Druschel, Chi Phi, before winning the match. Sophomore Snell, the smaller of the two . boxers, scored most of his points in the in-fight ing. A few seconds before the final bell, Snell landed a smash ing right to the head of Druschel. In a 175 pound bout, Bob Jor dan, Phi Kappa Psi, won the de cision from John Sieber, Delta Sigma Phi. Both men. were of near-equal caliber. Joe Musial, Theta Xi, won his second tournament' bout when he unanimously beat Tom Pyle, KDR. Pyle fought toe-to-toe with Musial but lacked a punch. In a match that -lasted 30 sec onds, Ralph Hofmann, Sigma Pi, TKO’d Alex Bogoly, Lambda Chi Alpha. A bad leg forced Bogoly to drop out. 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Clarence Watts dropped in a two-pointer to open the scor ing for the JVs. Ramsay hit on a foul shot for the first tally for the frosh. Jim Lysek dropped in three buckets in this period and paced the freshmen with his one hand push shots in a late drive that narrowed the score to 13-9 in favor of the JVs. In the second period the junior varsity outscored the frosh 12-8 to bring the half-time margin to 25-17. Joe Malone and Watts dumped in two field goals each for the JVs, with Malone and Watts collaborating on a fine play that went almost the length of the court. After Watts had taken a rebound and' dribbled down court he passed to Malone, who broke for the basket and then flipped the ball behind' his back to Watts who racked up two points. Joe Hartnett opened up for the frosh during the third period and hit for seven points on three field goals and one foul. Hartnett sparked the offense for the year lings with his driving • play. The JVs led after three quar ters, 39-35. Pete Lang, hitting with, his “soft” hook, operated mostly from the keyhole during the third (Continued on page seven) pittil :vmm s daily ( Chuck Torrence, sax; and Gerry Miller, piano; com bine for quality jazz tonight at 9:00 p.m. Try our Swiss Steak Dinner Special. See you sOon.> A. G. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1953 By HERM WEISKOPF Brofkowsks Wins Punting Championship NEW YORK, Dec. 7 (JP)— Zeke Bratkowski, the tall T-quartef back. from Danville, 111., whose passing couldn’t save Georgia from its worst football season, provided some solace by winning the major college punting cham pionships for -himself and his team. NCAA Service Bureau statistics showed today that Bratkowski kicked the ball 50 times for 2132 yards, an average of 42.6 yards per try. Georgia, with other play ers kicking 11 more times, aver aged 41.2 yards. Des Koch of Southern Califor nia actually had the highest punt ing average and the unusual ex perience of being a defending champion who neither kept his crown, nor was dethroned, nor retired. NCAA punting statistics are based on a minimum of 30 kicks for championship rating. Kock had only 22 opportunities and averaged 44.6 yards. A 3-D FEATURE 0 Decorative 0 Delicious 0 Delightful For mouth-watering pastry phone or stop in ' Cjjlenn 3 Pastry Shop 239 S. Allen St. - Phone 3121
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